A Stitch in Time

A Stitch in Time by Allison Bottke chronicles a modern-day, middle-aged woman in the process of learning a lesson in forgiveness and how to start life over. After thirty years of marriage, Dee Harris walks out on her unfaithful husband Lyle. Once on her own, Dee lives the life of a renewed creature with a new faith. The irony of it all is that Dee is moving on, but to keep moving on she must do the one thing she does not want to do--forgive Lyle.

Dee has a vibrant personality and she is surrounded by hordes of famous people, elegant fashions, and blockbuster films. Due to an accurate portrayal of the current artistic field, there is a homosexual character who appears briefly in the book. Although this character is present, homosexuality is not shown in either a positive or negative light.

Having a glamourous setting for A Stitch in Time does cause reality to get somewhat blurred. Dee’s problems are downplayed and her threatening difficulties vanish rather quickly. This lack of realism is nowhere more evident than in the last chapter, which is reminiscent of a fairytale ending from a movie script.

Though the story is not quite believable, and its theology is uncertain, it provides some enjoyable moments of entertainment now and then. – Kristi J. Meyers, Christian Book Previews.com

Book Jacket:

Can a middle-aged Christian woman be faithful, fashionable, and fabulous? As a successful fundraising executive in Southern California, Dee Decker's glamorous job revolves around one gala event after another. In a world populated by highly competitive, impossibly thin, perfectly coiffed, designer-outfitted women who lunch-for-a-living, Dee is overweight but nonetheless has a well-earned reputation of being cool, calm, and collected. That is, until she discovers her husband has been having an affair. Dee embarks on a journey of transformational change and self-discovery. She undergoes gastric bypass surgery and in less than one year loses 150 pounds.

She becomes a new person inside and out, and the future looks bright. But then a job offer sends her life in a direction she hadn't expected. Her past and present are about to collide in a major way.

Will Dee discover how to balance the fast-paced Southern California lifestyle with her new Christian values?